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1 I am the flower of the plain, the lily of the valleys. 2 As the lily between thorns, so is my friend between the daughters. 3 As the apple among the trees of the forest, so my beloved between the sons. In his shadow I delighted, and I sat down, and his fruit was sweet to my palate. 4 He brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me was love. 5 Sustain me with cakes, and refresh me with apples, for I am pierced of love. 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right shall embrace me. 7 I adjured you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, if ye shall awake and if ye shall arouse love till he shall desire. 8 The voice of my beloved I behold him coming leaping upon the mountains, springing upon the hills. 9 My beloved is like to the roe or to the fawn of the hinds: behold him standing behind our wall looking forth from the windows, glancing from the lattices. Song of Solomon 2:1-9, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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